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Is Franklinton, NC tap water safe?

6 utilities serve Franklinton, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

3 of the 6 utilities serving Franklinton have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Franklin County Water & Sewer, Town of Franklinton and Millstone S/D.

Franklin County Water & Sewer, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the legal limit and 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 63.4 ppb, above the legal limit.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Franklinton’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Franklin County Water & Sewer’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Franklinton

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab North Carolina certifies.

The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Franklinton, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Franklin County Health Department

    Louisburg, NC · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (919) 496-2533

  • Mathews Water Treatment

    Oxford, NC · about 19 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (919) 691-1056

  • RTI International

    Research Triangle Park, NC · about 26 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals

    (919) 485-5520

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Franklinton

Which ZIP codes are in Franklinton: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health, certified drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Franklinton

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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